Aids Knowledge and Homophobia among French and American University Students
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 67 (3_suppl) , 1147-1152
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1990.67.3f.1147
Abstract
22 male American and 24 male French college students' knowledge of AIDS scores were equivalent on a currently constructed 18-item questionnaire. Both groups answered more than 75% of the questions correctly. The American students' homophobic bias and reaction scores were higher than those of the French students on a 43-item homophobic questionnaire. The latter findings were interpreted as consistent with reduced effects of conservative, orthodox religion in France and the stability of traditional religious influence in America over the past three decades. No relation was found between knowledge of AIDS and homophobia in these small conveniently available samples.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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